pleasedSure, there were places where the technology still fell short of verisimilitude; but on the whole it worked. No, it's not an exact screening of the original tale, but it's not intended to be that; and it's a very entertaining modern rendition. If you like heroic adventure or historic literature, "Beowulf" is well worth watching. As for me, well ...
I came home and had to write a page and a half of alliterative verse to get the mood out of my head. I was that reminded of what it's like to live in a time of heroes.
